The latest edition (2007) of Kerala Synder's landmark book on the life and work of Buxtehude. [Snyder] writes engagingly throughout and provides a rich array of musical examples and descriptions. --Julie Anne Sadie, EARLY MUSIC
A model of modern music biography.--George Stauffer, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Worthy of its subject, perhaps, as few other books can really claim to be.--Stephen Daw, MUSICAL TIMES